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Zohra Shah
Born
Muzaffargarh District
Died
Rawalpindi
Cause of deathTorture
NationalityPakistan
Known forMurder victim

Zohra Shah was an eight-year-old girl who was tortured by her employers Hassan Siddiqui and his wife Umme Kulsoom[1] and subsequently died.[2] She was tortured for freeing her Masters’ expensive parrots mistakenly in Bahria Town Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on 1 June 2020.[3][4] She was from Basti Maso Shah in the Muzaffargarh district of South Punjab about 580 kilometres from the capital, Islamabad.


Murder

Allegedly, Shah was murdered for releasing some valuable parrots from their cages.[5] Evidence such as 'older scars and marks'[6] suggest Shah had been repeatedly abused while working for Siddiqui and Kulsoom, and 'wounds on her thighs' were 'consistent with sexual assault'[7].

Aftermath

Siddiqui and Kulsoom were arrested and put on judicial remand [8].

See also

References

  1. ^ https://thewire.in/south-asia/pakistan-zohra-shah-rawalpindi-child-rights
  2. ^ "Pakistan: Seven-year-old domestic worker beaten to death for freeing birds, tweeps demand #JusticeForZohraShah". Gulf News. 3 June 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. ^ "Zohra Shah is a victim of Pakistan's modern slavery ––& murdered for being a child". The Tempest. 6 June 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Zohra Shah: Pakistani girl, 8, killed after freeing expensive parrots from cage". The National (Abu Dhabi). 3 June 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  5. ^ "'We need justice': Zohra Shah's family breaks silence over murder of girl, 8". The National (Abu Dhabi). 9 June 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  6. ^ https://thewire.in/south-asia/pakistan-zohra-shah-rawalpindi-child-rights
  7. ^ https://thewire.in/south-asia/pakistan-zohra-shah-rawalpindi-child-rights
  8. ^ https://thewire.in/south-asia/pakistan-zohra-shah-rawalpindi-child-rights
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